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Patented June 10, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE e l l 23,21,766 a XnTEaLocKING snI NoLn e GroverC. Turman, Key West', Fla. N ApplicationMay 11, 1943, serial No. 486,557

2 Claims. (Cl. 108-8) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements inbuilding shingles such as may be used for roofing orsiding. l An important object of the present invention is to provide ashingle having a special interlocking feature which does away with thespace hehind shingles of present-day construction.

Another important object of the invention is to half of the sideedgesprovide a shingle structure which when assem bled either as a roof or abuildin side ofiers a solid through construction, rather than theoverlapping spaced result that is, now gained with present-day shingles.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent tolowing description.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a roofconstructed with the improved shingle.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view through a roof constructed withthe present improved shingle.

Figure 3 is a plan view of one of the shingles. Figure 4 is a bottomplan view of one of the shingles.

Figure 5 is an edge elevational view. Figure 6 is a section on the line66 of Figure 3. Figure 7 is a section on the line 1--1 of Figure 3.Figure 8 is a plan view of the startin shingle. Figure 9 is a bottomplan view of the starting shingle.

the reader of the fol- Figure 10 is an end elevational view of theshingle shown in Figure 8. Figure 11 is a section on the line |l--I I ofFig- Figure 12 is a section on the line I 2-42 of Figure 8.

Referring to-the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen in Figure 3, that the shingle is preferably ofoctagonal'shape, the same being a sheet 5 constructed of any suitablematerial and preferably havin the side edges (1, b,c,d,e,fand g. l

The upper portion of the shingle is somewhat thicker than the lowerportion, that is, that upper, portion which is defined by a shoulderextending from a point h on the side edge b, to a point i just below thecenter of the shingle and back to a point h on the side edge (1. Thisright angularly formed shoulder h, i, h has an undercut bevel as denotedby reference character 6.

It can also be seen, that the thickened portion of the shingle, whichwill be referred to by referupper edges b, d are beveled under as issuggested in Figures 3 and 4.

Figures 8 to 12, inclusive, show a specialstart ing shingle which, ofcourse, is half thesize of the, j l shingle shown in Figure 3. Thisstarting shingle is denoted by reference character 8 and hasrone upperbeveled edges b, d

and the top edge 0. The starting shingle 8 has several openings 9 at theupper portion thereof, while each of the shingles 5 has a pair ofopenings ID at the upper portion thereof.

It can now be seen, that a. row of starting shingles B is first applied,after which a row of that numerous changes in the shape, size andmaterials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscopehereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: e

1. A roof covering structure comprising a plurality of courses ofsimilar plate-like shingles,

peach shingle having two downwardly jdiverging l and downwardly'andinwardly beveled edgeson theupper portion thereof and being providedwitha thickened upper portion defining a depending right angular shoulder onthe underside of the shingle, said shoulder having downwardly encecharacter I gradually tapers from the point i to the uppermost edge c.Furthermore, the

converging and downwardly and outwardly beveled sides, the beveled edgesof each shingle inl terlocking with" adjacent beveled sides of theshoulders of two adjacent shingles inthe sueceeding course and thebeveled sides of the shoulder of each shingleinterlocking with adjacentbeveled edges of two adjacent shingles in the pre-U j ceding course sothat each shingle is interlocked with other shingles on four sides orwithtwo shingles-in the preceding course and two in the succeedingcourse to provide a rigid self-sustaining structure.

2. In a roof covering structure embodyinga plurality of courses ofsimilar plate-like shingles, a plateelike shingle having two downwardlydiverging and downwardly and inwardly beveled edges on the upper portionthereof and being provided with a thickened upper portion deflna, ewhich are primed I on the drawings depicting the starting shingle,

rlly be a space beof the invention as claimed,

ing a. depending right angular shoulder on the under side of theshingle, said shoulder having downwardly converging and downwardly andoutwardly beveled sides, the beveled edges of said shingle being adaptedto interlock with adjacent 5 beveled sides of the shoulders of twoadjacent shingles in a succeedin course and the beveled sides of theshoulder of said shingle being adapted to interlock with adjacentbeveled edges of two adjacent shingles in the preceding course so thateach shingle will interlock with other shingles on four sides or withtwo shingles in the preceding course and two in the succeeding course toprovide a rigid self-sustaining structure.

GROVER C.

REFERENCES "CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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